the Italian music, is often found before aria, alleluja, amen, &c., to show that those portions or parts are to be sung immediately after the last note of that part over which it is writ; but if these words se placet, or ad libitum, are joined therewith, it signifies, that these portions may be sung or not at pleasure.

Seguieria, in botany; a plant belonging to the class of polyandria, and the order of monogynia. The calyx is pentaphyllous; the phylla are oblong, concave, coloured, and permanent; there is no corolla. The capsule is oblong and monospermous, the large ala terminating in small lateral alae. There is only one species, the americana.